Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-18


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Murray e. Murphy are coming the first of
FEBRUARY.
Tho trustees of the Insane Hospital were
n session yesterday.
Tn afternoon train from the west was
,,,f 40 hour late yesterday.
The dedication of St Marks church will
,ccur FEB. End at 10 80 A. NJ.
There are too MANY snow storms if the
,-nfnhlers are to be believed.
The bills relative to the State s. 7. c. A.
ell be introduced into the legislature to-day.
uoe Of the events of the week will be the
K of ball at Union Hall Thursday even
ing
The e o'clock train was over two hours
by ra,snp ,,f rho linz
aorn.
Ger ". s. Triton has returned to Boston
from Lexington, KY, but his health has not
nat, rialIv improved.
roiy& Farrar's omnibus is doing very
,ous business. At o'clock stormy evenings
me vehicle is crowded
Malue apples sell in Liverpool at $3.50 per
Barrel They are worth $3.50 here, leaving
little or no margin TO the shipper.
A circular giving prices of goods manufac
,urpd at the State Prison was distributed on
,he desks of the Legislators yesterday.
Mr. George Wilson, of the Wilson Ran
nps Minstrels, was the recipient last evening
Of an elegant bouquet from the Waveriy
Minstrels.
The store formerly occupied by Miss Nero
/, beng put in first class condition for the
First National Bank. The vault is being
constructed.
An appeal will probably be taken from tae
i,csioE of the County Commissioners IN
,bcir appraisal of the site OF the Watsrville
riiiroad shops.
GOV Bo1well returned from trip to Ban
COR yesterday. On Thursday he attends the
funeral " the late Moses Webster, his former
partner at Vinalhaven.
Mr F. l.. Hersey and two other gentlemen
vent out to Winthrop after pickerel one day
asst week and captured so beauties. The
snowy weather has been very unfavorbe for
ice fishing
The Mrs. James Wilson who in the
Pullman car Ladogo, which was overturned
on the Fitchburg road Sunday, was the wife
of Mr.. Wilson, of Wilson & Rankin's Min
Trels and was on her way to Augusta to
join her husband
well known Grand Army man of this
city informs us that the contest for the com.
membership of the Maine department has
now narrowed down to "Dck' Galley of
Portland and d. Horace Holman of Lewis
ION, Mr.. Miller of Wnldoboro ii is expected
sll be S. VIC.
Ex-Commissioner Of fisheries and game,
hverst Smith, suggests that Maine sports
men have field trial, this spring, when the
luail are liberated. using blank cartridges so
as not to kill any of the birds. If retrieving
was insisted upon, a few dead birds could be
procured to answer the purpose. There are
'good many fine dogs owned in the State,
and possible additional funds to invest in
luaiI might be raised through the suggestion.
SILVER cup in the honor of owning prize
winner would satisfy most sportsmsn.-
Portland Press
we are pleased to announce that Miss Lii
'e'te lie Baron, miss Lizzie Pilsbury) has
consented TO take a benefit in Augusta the
10Th inst, and will appear here with her com
pany in The Wages of Sin" on that date
Inc company is fine one aud the play one
oi The strongest, such as the citizens of Au-
su''a rarely see. The piece has scored big
III in New York and all the cities, to say
'o'hlng Of London where the piece run for
weeks and weeks. Miss lie Baron possesses
superior talent AMI she will make her best
appearance before an Augusta audience.
Inc State Department has not received
vi! o'hcial information of the alleged dis
'eO'efy OF man who is able to prove an alibi
'r Sproule, the American citiz n who was
Executed for murder in British Columbia last
september. The officials are not disposed to
say what course the department 10 likely to
pursue IN the event of establishing the truth
u 'ne report telegrsphed from Ottawa, but
said that Mr.. Sproule's relatives will re-
Ne"s all the support which the government
AH give If they show good cause for claim